In this transcript Peter mentions "salt brine, which Overseer put in my back."[8] This practice, sometimes called salting, was attested in many accounts of slave torture reported over many decades.[16] Other substances, including turpentine, hot-pepper juice, and dripping candle wax, were also used

[–] agent_flounder 63 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Jesus fuck. And we let those white supremacist slave torturing fucks walk free.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Reconstruction was too soft and ended too soon.

[–] divineslayer 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Andrew Johnson is top three worst presidents

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Let's also not let Lincoln get away from this discussion. He absolutely did huge harm to the radical reconstruction movement, although Johnson turned that to 11. He also has an awful record in regards to indigenous peoples. (As has every president)

[–] teh_bishop 5 points 10 months ago

Yes his name should be repurposed to be defined as rancid rat shit injected in a forehead of a shitty president.

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